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The status of transition services for secondary students with disabilities in Virginia and factors affecting service delivery

Degree

Doctor of Education

Department

Vocational and Technical Education

Advisory Committee

Advisor Name

Title

Asselin, Susan B.

Committee Chair

Asche, F. Marion

Committee Member

Engelhard, Judy B.

Committee Member

Eschenmann, Konrad Kurt

Committee Member

Finch, Curtis R.

Committee Member

Keywords

Youth with disabilities Employment Virginia.

Youth with disabilities Vocational education Virgi

Youth with disabilities Education (Secondary) Virg

Youth with disabilities Services for Virginia.

Date of Defense

1992-04-04

Availability

restricted

Abstract

This study revealed that special education
administrators were designated as persons with primary
responsibility for transition coordination, but that only a
small portion of their time was allocated for this duty. In
contrast, when teachers were given this responsibility a
major amount of their time was designated for coordination.
Oftentimes, it is difficult to convince administrators that
staff time for coordination is essential to quality
programming. Unfortunately, the number of teachers
designated as coordinators in this study was so small that
such data cannot be meaningfully derived. Investigation of
this concept could contribute to best practice information for the field.